Marco Rubio on questions about David Rivera's finances: 'They're serious....
Sen. Marco Rubio dropped by the WLRN-Miami Herald news studios Thursday morning, where host Phil Latzman asked the Florida Republican about the state probe that ended without any criminal charges filed...
View Article'Tax Your Assets Off' campaign launches in support of prop tax amendment
Supporters of a property tax Constitutional Amendment are urging Floridians to vote "Yes" on Amendment 4 this fall, or risk having their "assets taxed off." Referring to rising property taxes in a down...
View ArticleScott to sign PIP bill in Jacksonville and then take a river cruise
Sen. John Thrasher told the Herald/Times Thursday he will accompany Gov. Rick Scott Friday in Jacksonville where he will sign the legislature's attempted crackdown on automobile insurance fraud by...
View ArticleSen. Marco Rubio refutes Gov. Rick Scott on Cuba crackdown law
Sen. Marco Rubio joined the chorus of Republican lawmakers who disagree with Gov. Rick Scott for calling a Cuba-crackdown bill unenforceable and unconstitutional. “I believe that it’s constitutional,”...
View ArticleRep. David Rivera stumps for votes at Gay Republican club
While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is struggling with how to deal with gay staffers (er...how to watch them hounded out), Republican congressman David Riverais far more...
View ArticleJustices fire back in controversy over their campaign paperwork
Florida's three Supreme Court justices, who are under fire for using court staff to assist them in their last-minute completion of their paperwork needed to meet the deadline for their merit retention...
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Rep. Bill Hager, the Florida Legislature's duly elected birther-tweeter-jokester
Who knew that we were supposed to dig through citizenship and school-transcript records? Rep. Bill Hager, that's who. The Boca Raton Republican's tweet: "Any guess as to why Obama has hidden his hi...
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Rick Scott spox Amy Graham heads to team Mitt Romney
There was one obvious omission from the list of staffers whose emails were posted on the governor's new Sunburst open records web site today: Amy Graham, the deputy communications director and one of...
View ArticleSen. Bill Nelson bashes Sen. Marco Rubio's DREAM idea. But Rubio being nice...
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is echoing President Obama's White House-talking points in bashing fellow Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's alternative to the DREAM Act, according to the Tampa Bay Times' Justin...
View ArticleFlorida law against Cuba may help Cuba
The oddest thing about Florida’s new state law to punish foreign companies that do business in Cuba is not that it is an election season gimmick by Republican lawmakers to win Cuban-American votes, nor...
View ArticleEthics panel drops sexual harassment case against former commissioner
Facing a sexual harassment accusation and three years in prison for bribery, former Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White got a break from the Florida Commission on Ethics Friday. The panel...
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Connie Mack denies calling Pensacola man "a jacka--"
Congressman Connie Mack denies a report that he called a Pensacola man "a jacka--" at a gas station event Thursday promoting his petition to build the Keystone XL pipeline. "He might have been, but...
View ArticleAtheists say DCF head Wilkins abused office by emailing prayer to employees
An atheists group contends Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins "abused his office" by emailing the text of a prayer to agency employees. The group wants Gov. Rick Scott to tell...
View ArticleMichigan IT company takes Gov. Scott up on 'Move to Florida' proposal
Gov. Rick Scott has been telling CEOs across the country to leave their high-cost states and relocate to Florida, where the business taxes are low and the job creators are cherished. On Friday, Scott...
View ArticleRick Scott staff chief Steve MacNamara gave $400k no-bid contract to pal
AP: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott's chief of staff helped steer a no-bid consulting contract worth $360,000 to a friend who now leads a task force rooting out state government waste. Steve...
View ArticleRubio's Hispanic draw for Romney would be mixed, analysts and pollsters say
Rising Republican star though he may be, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's national appeal may be tepid among the Hispanic voters both parties are so desperately courting this election year. To win the...
View ArticleAs MacNamara exerts control, critics say he's become state's 'shadow governor'
Steve MacNamara has officially become Tallahassee’s Wizard of Oz.The lawyer-lobbyist turned university professor is the brass knuckles gatekeeper and omnipotent advisor to Gov. Rick Scott. Since...
View ArticleEverglades settlement in the works between feds and state
Peace may finally be at hand in the decades-long Everglades dirty-water war. Eight months after Gov. Rick Scott flew to Washington to extend a political olive branch and personally pitch Florida’s...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott creates 'blue ribbon task force' to study university system
After rejecting university leaders' requests for more funding and vetoing a proposal to allow some universities to impose unlimited tuition increases, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced a task...
View ArticlePhotographer for nine governors had a VIP angle
With his camera, Eric Tournay documented the days of Florida's last nine governors — cataloging Wayne Mixson's three days in office to Jeb Bush's eight years.Tournay, 62, was there when Bob Graham sent...
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